The treatment, performed on a heat table, lasts an hour. Red
algae, guarana extract, and a clay mask are from the bra line to
knees. Then, electrical currents are turned on, supposedly to
help the body absorb the extracts and stimulate lymphatic
drainage.

At Bliss, it's priced at $180.

The owner of Beauté Oblige in Manhattan, Camille Obadia, told
The Times that her spa's 45-minute treatment, which
costs $300, burns the same number of calories as a four-hour
workout. "Women are so busy," she said. "Who has time to go the
gym?"

There have been no reputable studies that show this treatment
does anything to change one's appearance.

“Electrostimulation is one more fad for people who have spent
their whole lives gaining weight effortlessly and now want to
lose that weight effortlessly and quickly,” said Dr. Ronald Sha,
the medical director of the Duke Diet and Fitness Center in
Durham, N.C. told The Times.